A commonplace book: an old-fashioned literary diary for recording interesting items from reading you've done. I use mine to record snippets from reading, conversation and life in general. (The early 2003 entries are from a period some years ago -- before the blog age -- when I tried an online commonplace book as a straight web page.)

Monday, August 11, 2003

It is so far from being natural for a man and women to live in a state of marriage, that we find all the motives which they have for remaining in that connection, and the restraints which civilized society imposes to prevent separation, are hardly sufficient to keep them together.

About Me

PhD in political theory from University of Pittsburgh. Served 25 years in the US Foreign Service, in Latin America and Africa, 1980-2005. Served as a UN peacekeeper (2005-10) in Kosovo and East Timor. Taught at the University of Pittsburgh, West Virginia Wesleyan College, George Washington University, Drake University and the Daniel Morgan Academy. Now an independent consultant.